feel free to add anything that contributes to this particular canon, as scams are everywhere--they can be Net-based but the real masters like Mitnick use ALL types of methods to compile a profile. so when the hammer comes down, the phone call/email you'll get will be so beliebable you will never guess that you are about to have everything stripped from you.
there's a thread on this, including some excellent info on the EXIF data embedded into digital fotos contributed by bro Stonecold here:
http://forum.sex141.com/eforum/v ... &extra=page%3D1
Ars Technica has a breathtaking example of hackers from Anonymous getting root-access to a firm's server (hint: this is the WORST thing that can happen) by posing as a co-CEO of the firm. it's two pages, but the second page has the actual emails...it is a bit technical so if u get a bit confused, just skim. the insanely BRILLIANT/TERRIFYING stuff happens on the second page:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-poli ... y-the-aftermath.ars
briefly, the firm in question was trying to get fat USgov contracts by promising to plant fake WikiLeaks documents, that's why they were targeted. the firm, HBGary, was essentially destroyed by Anonymous. AT has other articles on this saga, but read the above article. you'll never be targeted by people this skilled, but it shows you what CAN be done.
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